Alignment to Standards for NC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SS:1-5.02 | Investigate key features of maps. |
| 1 | SS:1-5.07 | Explore physical features of continents and major bodies of water. |
| 2 | SS:2-5.02 | Describe the role of a geographer and apply geographic tools, such as maps, globes, compasses and photographs, in the understanding of locations and characteristics of places and regions. |
| 2 | SS:2-5.05 | Interpret maps, charts, and pictures of locations. |
| 3 | SS:3-4.01 | Distinguish between various types of maps and globes. |
| 4 | SC:4.E.2.3 | surface of the earth changes due to slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes. |
| 4 | SC:4.L.1 | effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats. |
| 4 | SC:4.L.1.2 | how animals meet their needs by using behaviors in response to information received from the environment. |
| 5 | SC:5.E.1.3 | Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation. |
| 5 | SC:5.L.1 | structures and systems of organisms perform functions necessary for life. |
| 5 | SC:5.L.3.2 | Give examples of likenesses that are inherited and some that are not. |
| K | SC:K.E.1 | Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year. |
| K | SC:K.L.1 | Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things. |
